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In this week’s ExchangeWire European Weekly Roundup: Google reacts to EU cookie ruling; InMobi partners with Samsung; According to the Eyeota Index audience data spend soars in the UK; and AOL relies on Java 8 for the push into the programmatic future.

– Mobile advertising revenue represented approximately 76% of advertising revenue for the second quarter of 2015, up from approximately 62% of advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2014.
– Capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2015 were $549 million.
– Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities were $14.13 billion at [...]

Most brands in Asia are simply taking campaign methodologies for traditional media, and slapping them onto mobile platforms, without first assessing new possibilities the latter can offer.

This results in much inefficiency that otherwise can be improved with the deployment of mobile programmatic, says Shi Yi, CEO and founder at Avazu Holding, in this week’s Q&A with ExchangeWire. Yi also discusses the lack dominant tech players in this market segment, which is especially vital in Asia-Pacific, as the region faces [...]

The ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) is upon us, but as consumer uptake of the latest enabled gadgets surges, many marketers are being kept awake at night wondering how they will manage to capitalise on marketing opportunity presented by this phenomenon. Rakhee Jogia, director of display at Rakuten Marketing speaks exclusively to ExchangeWire and advises that if marketers can crack cross-channel marketing, then the IoT shouldn’t pose a challenge.

There is an immense amount of consolidation and diversification in the technology marketplace. Neil Nguyen, President and CEO, Sizmek, speaks exclusively to ExchangeWire about what these changes mean for marketers and how their roles are impacted.

Neil Nguyen: As the ad tech industry matures, many of the larger players are looking to expand their digital advertising offering through acquisition, rather than spending time developing technologies that already exist. This will benefit marketers looking to build, target, [...]

This week’s Roundup brings news about another partnership that Melt DSP announced in Brazil; a debate about the legal perspective of programmatic buying in the same country, which is known for its unique approach and rules for the advertising industry; and data from a recent study by PwC and IAB North America, showing the market share of programmatic media — a great market still concentrated in the hands of some ad tech players.